Condor runs Windows jobs as an unprivileged user (condor-slot/n/),
so that,
among other things, some malicious user cannot come along and
submit a job that
trashes your execute nodes. Along with this, we don't load the
unprivileged
user's profile, so all registry entries are read-only (in fact, the
only "user"
registry entries this user can see are those of the SYSTEM account
[which has
next to nothing of relevance in it]). A future version of Condor
will allow a
submit script have the Windows profile loaded for a user, which
will bypass the
problem of a read-only user registry.
The reason, I suspect, that runs on a logged on user account, is
that there is
some information available to it on that account, that it is
missing on the
execute side.
-B
-----Original Message-----
From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Stephen Upton
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:44 AM
To: Condor-Users Mail List
Subject: Re: [Condor-users] WinXP Application Error running with
Condor
Hi Ben,
Thanks for you answer. I'll look into what the application is
actually doing. The executable is on each of the nodes, and the .bat
file that calls it, gives the absolute path to the executable (as
well as the database it references, also configured on each node).
Other than that, I can't give you much more, since I don't know
myself (I'm helping the user out distributing his simulation).
However, I wonder why the app runs fine just from the command line,
i.e., just running the .bat file. Is windows doing something there or
knows something that condor doesn't when it runs the .bat file (the
app, and staring condor, are running under administrator)? Thanks for
being patient.
thanx
steve
On Nov 6, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Ben Burnett wrote:
Hi Steve:
I'm not familiar with the .isf file extension personally; however,
if the
application that uses it requires local user registry entries (for
read AND
write) then it will probably fail for this reason (this will be
fixed in future
versions of Condor). This problem is faced by any Windows
application that
requires read/write access to user registry entries. If there is a
way to tell
the application to either draw from a configuration file, from the
machine
registry, or some other source, then all should be fine. Also, is
the
executable available on all the execute nodes? You aren't
explicitly
transferring it yourself, so it must either already be there;
either that, or
you will have to make sure it gets there somehow.
If you post the .bat file, or explain what it is that is does (like
which
application it spawns), then I may be able to help you further.
-B
-----Original Message-----
From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Stephen Upton
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 7:32 PM
To: Condor-Users Mail List
Subject: [Condor-users] WinXP Application Error running with Condor
Hi All,
I'm running condor 6.8.1 on a cluster of WinXP machines. The
executable in the submit file is a .bat file that calls the
application's executable. We are transferring one input file. Here's
the submit:
universe = vanilla
getenv = False
requirements = OpSys == "WINNT50" || OpSys == "WINNT51"
executable = iwars3.bat
arguments = expt_0001.isf
transfer_input_files = expt_0001.isf
log = expt_0001.log
output = expt_0001.out
error = expt_0001.err
notification = never
queue 1
The iwars3.bat file runs fine from the command line, but when I do a
condor_submit on this submit file, it starts running, but then I get
an error that the app can't load a file. The app accesses a database
that is configured on each of the nodes as well and is part of the
command line call in the .bat file.
I looked through the Start and StarterLog files on the execute node,
as well as the ShadowLog files, and nothing jumps out, e.g., file
permissions, etc.. I don't know yet if this relates to something
like
the Excel problem previously reported, e.g., user registries and
profiles, but it might - I'm checking into that.
In the meantime, does anyone have any insight, given what limited
picture I've portrayed, what else could be the source of the
problem,
condor specific? I've thought about path issues, and permissions; is
there anything else, or anywhere else I could look?
thanx
steve
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